Monday, March 16, 2009

New Book!

It's been a while since I learned any new vocabulary words. A long time ago, I told myself that I should always be reading at least one book. It's been 3 months since my last book. The Virgin store on Market Street is going out of business and I made my friend buy me "Morrissey in Conversation: The Essential Interviews." It was 25% off.

Here's what I learned today:


 

Dominion – a territory or sphere of influence of control or influence; a realm

Vehemently – characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid

Perfunctory – done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference

Messmate – a person with whom one eats regularly

Ensue - to follow closely after something; to be a consequence of something

Laconically – using or marked by the use of few words; concise

Dole – grief

Throng – a large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude

Vitriol – bitterly abusive feeling or expression

Sardonic – scornfully or cynically mocking

Salvoes – a sudden outburst as of cheers or praise; a forceful verbal or written assault

Pablum – trite, insipid, or simplistic writing or speech

Moniker – (slang) a personal name or nickname

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